by Brian Kozminski | Dec 12, 2013 | Lifestyle, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Breaking news spread across social media outlets last night about the most recent addition of Ken Morrish to the Umpqua Team. This has great significance to me on many levels, as a tyer, an angler and from a blogger point of view. First as a Tyer~ we have all used and...
by Brian Kozminski | Dec 4, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, Lifestyle, News & Updates, Uncategorized
It’s the most wonderful time of the year! Yes, yes it is. And if you are on your A-Game, you can score some very cool items from many of the top in the fly world manufacturing game and other bloggers with clout. Each year, they seem to grow exponentially, so I...
by Brian Kozminski | Oct 24, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Understand, it is with great hesitation that I approach my prized cooler with a 5/64″ drill bit. Mrs Koz is in the background. “You are going to do WHAT?” Yes. Drill. Holes. In my YETI. Reluctant barely describes the inner turmoil the parts of the...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 23, 2013 | Angling Reports, News & Updates, Trips & Guides
It might be like meeting a newly divorced parents boyfriend. Or rather, your twenty year-old child, just broke up with former long term highly potential life-mate, and after months or years of hearing him/her drone on about “There’s no one for...
by Brian Kozminski | Sep 11, 2013 | Flies, Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Have you ever placed an order for flies for the upcoming season and later find out they are on backorder for the most coverted and/or treasured secret fly of your best water? On more than one occasion, my clients seem to donate more Hendrickson’s and Copper...
by Brian Kozminski | Aug 28, 2013 | Gear & Equipment, News & Updates, Uncategorized
Ever since I can recall, I wanted to wear my Grandfather’s tattered fly fishing vest. It wasn’t something special with a high end name like Orvis or Filson, more along the lines of Stream Tech, but that mattered little. I wanted to be big enough to wear my...
